Improvement in ironing-tables



R.'B. LAMB.

IRONING-TABLE.

Patented Jan. 25,1876.

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N.PETERS, FHOTO-LIY'HOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES RESTORE B. LAMB, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

I IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,750, dated January25, 1876;

application filed December 1, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RESTORE B. LAMB, of the city and county of Camdenand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inIroning-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enableothers skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fullyunderstand, make, and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a side elevation of an ironingboard, having my inventionapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts enlarged. Fig.3 is a bottom view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of an'ironing-board, which may be secured to andsupported on a table.

The board has at one end a support and an attaching-clamp, said sup'iortbein g connected to the board by a hinged joint, and intermediateof its end supports or rests, whereby the board will be properlyelevated and firmly sustained in position, and ample space is pro videdfor application of skirts, shirts, 85c.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ironing-board, to the underside of which, at or near one end, there is hinged, as at a, asupporting-arm, B.

0 represents rests or supports, which are secured to the under side ofthe board at points intermediate of the ends.

From the lower portion of the arm B-there projects inwardly a plate, D,and below the same there is a boss or plate, E, in which is fitted ascrew, F.

The height of the rests or supports G Will be equal to the distancebetween the plate D and the board A.

The operation is as follows: The board A is to be supported on a table,which may be of the form in general use in kitchens, and the end or sideof the top of the table will be titted between the plateD and the bossor plate E, so that the support 0 will rest on said top.

The screw F is then tightened, and it will be found that the board isfirmly clamped to the table, and steadily supported thereon.

The portion of the board opposite to that to which the arm B is securedwill have its sides free, so that the ironer can move freely around saidsides. Moreover, skirts, shirts, and similar garments may be easilyapplied to the board; and this is possible to the extreme length of theboard, as the latter may be elevated, the hinge orjoint a of the arm Bconstituting the axis of the board.

When the ironing is completed the screw F is loosed, and the board maythen be removed from the table, the arm'B, folded and the entire devicenicely stowed away.

The arm B and rests (J may be applied to an ironing-board in use, bysimply screwing, nailing, or otherwise fastening them in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the board A, of the supporting and clamping armB, connected to the board by hinged joints a a, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The board A, and the supporting and clamping arm B connected theretoby hinged joints 0!. a, in combination with the inverted bow-rests 0,all constructed, arranged, and operating asset forth, and forming animprovement in ironing-boards, for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: RESTORE B. LAMB.

JOHN A. WEIDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

